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As some of you have probably noticed and started scratching your heads about, we've come to the end of Week 52 of Year 2, meaning we've created two whole cookbooks together as the Food52 community (the first one will hit store shelves October 25th and the second a year after that -- more on this soon!).

But what does that mean for next week? If we aren't building a cookbook, what are we doing, exactly? Well, in the past two years, Food52 has stayed true to its roots as a site that crowd-sources and curates recipes -- and, most importantly, celebrates great cooks -- but it has grown into much more than that. It's a living, and thriving, food community online (and from time to time, in person) -- one that is unlike any other. We share recipes, and test each other's recipes. We help each other out of cooking pickles and debate the top stories in food news. And we're not going anywhere.

We have a lot in store this fall, but for our next, most immediate trick, we want to try something a little different. We'd like to build a holiday iPad app together over the next couple months -- which means we would see the results of our collective efforts by this coming holiday season.

So you'll start to notice our contest themes thinking ahead a bit, with festive holiday entertaining in mind. First up: Your Best Greens.

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We'll also be switching up our contest schedule slightly -- now contests will run a bit longer, but we'll also be photographing more of our tested Editors' Picks, bringing back Wildcard winners and, in between contests, there will be more ways for you to get involved.

We're excited about all of these changes, and there's more where they came from. Stay tuned and keep cooking with us -- here's to the next 52!

Great news and what a wonderful project! Count me in as one of the home cooks who didn't think she needed an ipad until now, LOL. Just wanted to ask about the new contest deadlines. I thought that the ipad contests would run for a little longer? Or will they conclude in six days like the cookbook contests?

I own an award winning restaurant in London, UK called the Hackney Pearl. I'm thrilled to have stumbled across this website with thoughtful writing and quality seasonal recipes. Most community recipe websites are terrible. This one is fantastic. Thank you.

Thanks, JMarie, for your lovely comment! Everyone who participates in and runs this site works incredibly hard, and we try to do all we can to publicly recognize the efforts and great talents of both food52 members and staff.

It's a pleasure. Being a foodie doesn't mean I know what to make for dinner. I have shelves of cookbooks, but Food52's energy and delight make for inspiration. And every time I have brought a Food52 dish to a gathering there are always great reviews and requests for the recipe. So thank you all!

Who profits? We all do, all in different ways. I think it's fantastic that the site has evolved to the point that it sustains those of you who clearly work very hard to not only maintain it, but grow it as well. I hope you're lots of virtual rounds of applause right now. Because of your work and the vision behind it, we all profit à table from the work participants devote generously, so generously to contributing their own best, well, work. Thank you so much.

Food52 is community organizing at its best. I salute these talented writers and cooks who have used technology to celebrate the diversity of fresh and local food. I hope there are financial and goodwill gains for them - and yes that means profit. And we have profited from their work; their willingness to organize and communicate benefits us all. I'm ready to download!

Where are the profits going? Great about crowd sourcing and great about the use of various technologies. And, yes, I understand you all put an enormous amount of work into this. But I can't help but think you all are profiting from others' work.

We are all willing participants; no one is forced to contribute! And recipes remain the "property" of those posting. A win for everyone, in my opinion. It's nice to be recognized and appreciated as a home cook. celebrity chefs are so very overrated.

Second Cream tea... The intellectual rights of all the recipes is retained with the contributor... the reward is the incomparable exposure to dishes from the world over that is impossible to get from any individual book.

Just one point of clarification, I believe that if your recipe wins and is included in one of the projects, the copyright is owned by Food52. That said, the value of the prizes is HUGE compensation for one recipe!

As the owner of the recipe, you have the right to sell your own original content (not including our photos or headnotes) to another publication, or to publish it on your own. (We hold a non-exclusive copyright.)